Laura Packard is a health care advocate and stage 4 cancer survivor. She founded a non-profit, Health Care Voices, to organize adults with serious medical conditions for affordable comprehensive health care. Packard is executive director of Health Care Voter, a national campaign to hold elected officials accountable for their votes on health care, and support those who fight to protect our care. She also hosts CareTalk, a weekly consumer call-in TV show on act.tv and podcast, tackling health care and health insurance questions and topics.
Packard has appeared on MSNBC and local television, print and radio news across the country, her NowThis videos have received over 20 million views, her op eds have appeared in USA Today, US News & World Report and elsewhere, and her story has been covered nationally and internationally in publications from People to Newsweek to the Guardian.
Packard is an award-winning digital consultant by trade, and has worked with campaigns and non-profits around the country, including multiple U.S. Senate and Congressional campaigns, and local candidates at all levels. She is a small business owner, and has spent a decade+ working at the intersection of technology and politics. She can speak from her personal experience on all facets of digital campaigning - from online fundraising to social media, to GOTV.
Sub-specialties: Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, Inflation Reduction Act, health care reform, health insurance, Medicaid expansion, prescription drug costs, public option, surprise medical bills, junk insurance, Roe v. Wade, Dobbs v. Jackson, abortion, reproductive health care
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Back Off Our Benefits bus tour kicks off in front of Kevin McCarthy's office
ABC 23 Bakersfield [March 30, 2023] -
Voters Want Health Care. Listen to Them
Common Dreams [December 9, 2022] -
Opinion: Roe’s demise has clarified the stakes in the elections
Colorado Sun [July 7, 2022] -
The GOP’s Cancel Culture Warriors
The Progressive Magazine [February 17, 2022] -
AOC vs. Boebert: Addressing the Hollow at the Heart of Trumpism
Ms. Magazine [November 27, 2021] -
Kyrsten Sinema is choosing lower taxes for the richest Americans over better healthcare for average Americans — and cutting the legs out from under the Build Back Better plan
Business Insider [November 4, 2021] -
First-Person Singular: On Becoming the Heroes We Were Waiting For
The Progressive [October 12, 2021] -
‘Protect Our Care’ bus tour advocates for better, affordable healthcare
WABI 5 [August 9, 2021] -
The Filibuster is an Assault on Our Health Care. End it
Newsweek [July 1, 2021] -
When Congress Becomes a Circus
The Progressive [June 28, 2021] -
Medicaid Expansion Is a Better Deal Than Ever. But Republicans Still Won’t Do It.
The Nation [May 4, 2021] -
Billions in New Obamacare Subsidies Are Now Available on Healthcare.gov
The New York Times [April 1, 2021] -
As the Affordable Care Act turns 11, Biden's COVID stimulus helps it live up to its name
USA Today [March 23, 2021] -
ACA At 11: President Barack Obama Joins Protect Our Care, Health Care Storytellers to Reflect on the Success of the Affordable Care Act
Protect Our Care [March 22, 2021] -
In ‘Do-Over,’ Enrollment in Affordable Care Act Health Insurance Reopens
The New York Times [February 5, 2021] -
My stepfather died alone of COVID-19 as Donald Trump throws unmasked rallies
USA Today [October 31, 2020] -
Cancer survivor worried politics over healthcare will bankrupt or cost her her life
The Denver Channel [October 30, 2020] -
Trump’s prescription drug snake oil
New York Daily News [September 30, 2020] -
Trump and Republicans' health care 'plan' would endanger people like me amid Covid-19
NBC News [September 24, 2020] -
'Healthcare is at risk': The impact of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death on everyday Americans
MSNBC [September 19, 2020] -
DNC 2020 | Colorado cancer survivor talks health care with Joe Biden on prime-time panel
The Gazette [August 19, 2020] -
Liberal groups taking 'Cardboard Cory' on a Colorado road trip
The Gazette [November 26, 2019] -
Health Care Activist Laura Packard to Join Protect Our Care’s Bus Tour
Protect Our Care [September 11, 2018] -
President Trump forced to unblock dozens of Twitter users after court ruling
Mashable [August 29, 2018] -
With Trump’s nominee announced, the battle for the court begins
The Washington Post [July 9, 2018] -
GOP Sen. Dean Heller Removes Stage 4 Cancer Patient from Public Forum
Splinter [December 3, 2017] -
Exclusive: Cancer Patient who Trump blocked on Twitter speaks out
MSNBC [November 25, 2017] -
Chelsea Clinton Scolds Trump for Blocking Cancer Patient on Twitter: 'I Didn't Block Him' After Hillary Golf Ball Tweet
People [September 20, 2017] -
Save Obamacare, Save My Life
US News & World Report [June 27, 2017]